WGU C200 Managing Organizations and Leading People
questions with verified answers
Define Frederick Winslow Taylor's Scientific Management Ans✓✓✓ Employers
could get the most out of their workers if they broke labor projects into their
various parts and trained laborers to specialize in each particular station of
production.
Improve production to maximum efficiency
This leadership theory adapts leader style to situation, ability to assess followers
level of maturity and readiness for responsibility, highly flexible and able to
understand the needs and abilities of others. Ans✓✓✓ Situational Leadership
Theory
This leadership theory emphasizes the interactive and democratic styles, seeks
input in decision-making and shares all available knowledge with others, easily
shares authority and relies on consensus. Ans✓✓✓ Participative Leadership
Theory
This leadership theory is people focused, helps followers and internalizes
organizational goals, has powerful morale, motivational and team building skills.
Ans✓✓✓ Transformational Leadership Theory
This leadership theory is task focused, has clear incentive/reward + punishment,
and clear definition of goals and expectations Ans✓✓✓ Transactional Leadership
Theory
This leadership theory sets others up for success by identifying and serving their
needs first, strongly relies on shared authority of understanding, focus on growth
, and well-being with a belief that successful outcomes will follow. Ans✓✓✓
Servant Leadership Theory
What are Kurt Lewin's 3 Leadership Styles? Ans✓✓✓ Autocratic: leader made all
decisions
Democratic leader: members of organization are included in decision-making
Liaises Faire leader: leader players minimal role in decision-making
What are some of the arguments against the Trait Leadership Theory? Ans✓✓✓
Difficult to validate characteristics and effectiveness
No trait would guarantee leadership success
What are the 7 theories of leadership? Ans✓✓✓ Trait Leadership Theory
Behavioral leadership Theory
Transactional Leadership Theory
Transformational Leadership Theory
Servant Leadership Theory
Situational Leadership Theory
Participative Leadership Theory
What are the 7 ways of leading (action logics)? Ans✓✓✓ Opportunist
Diplomat
Expert
Achiever
Individualist
questions with verified answers
Define Frederick Winslow Taylor's Scientific Management Ans✓✓✓ Employers
could get the most out of their workers if they broke labor projects into their
various parts and trained laborers to specialize in each particular station of
production.
Improve production to maximum efficiency
This leadership theory adapts leader style to situation, ability to assess followers
level of maturity and readiness for responsibility, highly flexible and able to
understand the needs and abilities of others. Ans✓✓✓ Situational Leadership
Theory
This leadership theory emphasizes the interactive and democratic styles, seeks
input in decision-making and shares all available knowledge with others, easily
shares authority and relies on consensus. Ans✓✓✓ Participative Leadership
Theory
This leadership theory is people focused, helps followers and internalizes
organizational goals, has powerful morale, motivational and team building skills.
Ans✓✓✓ Transformational Leadership Theory
This leadership theory is task focused, has clear incentive/reward + punishment,
and clear definition of goals and expectations Ans✓✓✓ Transactional Leadership
Theory
This leadership theory sets others up for success by identifying and serving their
needs first, strongly relies on shared authority of understanding, focus on growth
, and well-being with a belief that successful outcomes will follow. Ans✓✓✓
Servant Leadership Theory
What are Kurt Lewin's 3 Leadership Styles? Ans✓✓✓ Autocratic: leader made all
decisions
Democratic leader: members of organization are included in decision-making
Liaises Faire leader: leader players minimal role in decision-making
What are some of the arguments against the Trait Leadership Theory? Ans✓✓✓
Difficult to validate characteristics and effectiveness
No trait would guarantee leadership success
What are the 7 theories of leadership? Ans✓✓✓ Trait Leadership Theory
Behavioral leadership Theory
Transactional Leadership Theory
Transformational Leadership Theory
Servant Leadership Theory
Situational Leadership Theory
Participative Leadership Theory
What are the 7 ways of leading (action logics)? Ans✓✓✓ Opportunist
Diplomat
Expert
Achiever
Individualist
